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"Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress"
Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, and instead, follow the data: In seventy-five jaw-dropping graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise. Learn more

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About the Author

Alan Skorski is a political media consultant for a political Internet marketing firm in Washington, D.C. A frequent contributor to the Jewish Press and a former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, he lives in West Hempstead, New York.

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In contrast with the negative reviews which seem to be an orchestrated campaign by those who have attempted to silence Fox News, Sean Hannity, and others, these too, seem designed to hurt book sales.

While author Alan Skorski is not a comedian like Al Franken, Skorski cites every source researched to disprove the smears perpetrated by Franken. Skorski proves that Franken distorted the context of his own sources, manipulated data, and simply misquoted those he cited in his own books.

Skorski has a detailed chapter which proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that Franken’s chapter on Fox News was plagiarized from a report put out by FAIR, and used the exact same language in his attacks as did his friend Joe Conason from Slate Magazine, in his own book, Big Lies.

The book is long and demonstrates how serious Skorski’s research was in undertaking this project – something the media should have done when Franken was promoting his own book and proclaiming, “I never lie.”

i love the author's vague qualifications - he does something on the internet for someone but isn't shouting about who or what it is: a sure fire sign of some failed blowhard trying to puff up his bio. as for the book...feces

When one thinks of Al Franken most normal well-adjusted people with political back grounds from mid left to mid right seem the think the same thing. Franken is a blabbering talking head idiot of the extreme left. He is about as accurate and truthful as Michael `propagandist' Moore but without the rabid hatred of America. Those of us in the middle or with moderate politics pay very little attention to him and his only fans, very few of which are out there, are from the marginalized hard left. Books such as this are in reality preaching to the choir. Franken's adherents will believe anything that he says, regardless of the truth. He could tell people that Bush was from outerspace and his devotees would start impeachment hearings because the president was not a US citizen.

The sad state of affairs is that those who are more moderate realize this; they don't need a book that exposes Franken's hypocrisy, his incessant smearing of anybody on the right, his fraudulent use of statistics. This has all been well documented and easily discovered by listening to the man. So book then will be mostly read by those on the extremes. The "I told you so" hard right wingers and the "Franken is god" hard left wingers. Their response are of course predictable.

The real question is if you are in the middle is this a bad book? The answer is no, it shows the extant untruthfulness of Mr. Franken, his desire to destroy anybody who sits to the right of his perceived line in the sand. If you are unsure of Mr. Franken and would like more information than read this book - it may be good to know the truth.

Whatever you think of Al Franken, at least he writes well, has a sense of humor and doesn't take himself too seriously. This book is simply an excuse for someone with an axe to grind to get back at Mr. Franken in the simplest, most mundane, one-note fashion possible. A complete waste of time and effort. There should be a lot more "there" there. Unfortunately when you simply don't care for someone...it's hard to fill 300 pages with anything substantial, and this book proves just that.

This book is just what Al Franken is talking about. A republican looking out for his special interests and distorting information along with outright lies.

The problem is when republicans read this book they won't check the references, but will blindly believe anything they are told. People should take the time to check references on any political book and certainly this one because it just doesn't check out. Skorski has to lie to try to make it appear as though Franken lied, yet I've read Franken's book and checked his references as well and his check out.

Skorski also attempts to make it appear as though Franken is out of line for pointing out facts rather than repeating lies. Part of being a politician should be getting the facts and I respect Franken for taking the time to do so.

It is always MANDATORY when reading any book of this matter to always check the facts. I realize most anyone rating this book 5 stars didn't bother to do that and they'll go on believing and fighting for policy at their own detriment.